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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Kind of funny how the privacy crowd is big on Lemmy but it skips over the fact that all of its Lemmy data is hosted on the machines of people that have no accountability...

[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You're always free to spin up your own server and host it if you're concerned about the way your data is being handled. Not something you can do with the corporate alternatives

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But as soon as you interact with literally anyone (or anyone interacts with you) your data is still replicated on other servers.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No personally identifiable information or private account information is transmitted between instances. The only thing that is synced is the content of your posts, reports and up- and downvotes. And all of that serves a purpose and is shared willingly.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

And the content of private messages.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And only post on your own instance and talk with users of your own instance... Might as well just send emails to your friends at that point...

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Emails also go to other's servers.

But you could just host an IRC server.

I may be naive, but even though I don't personally know my admin, this is a person who has a stellar reputation, and who I'd trust far more than some massive corporation that has to abide(1) by some anemic laws

(1)if it finds it profitable to do so